France secured 15th place with a 9-6 victory over Great Britain. It was achieved with a 2-1 opening quarter, going to 3-1 and 4-2 by halftime. Vanessa Hernandez scored twice for France. Laure Gauthreau collected her second goal on extra at the start of the third period. Karine Hales pulled one back for GB but Isabelle Fack tipped in at centre forward for 6-3 by the break. Jenny Ritz scored three goals in the final quarter with Kate Lewis netting twice for GB. Carol Mohan brought GB to 7-5 down at 3:55 but France always had its Channel rival's measure.

Kazakhstan proved it wasn't meant to be in this group with such a convincing win over Venezuela. After coming through such a heavyweight group in Italy, Spain and Hungary, Kazakhstan deserved this victory but possibly not the low placing. The Asian qualifier was always on top, going from 4-0 at the quarter to 9-2 at halftime. Venezuela had an excellent third period, winning 2-1 but Kazakhstan struck out in the final period, ramming in five goals to one. Marina Gritsenko was the top scorer with four goals, all coming in a four-minute trot in the second stanza.